contrasting a longboard and a electric longboard. The electric longboard would go faster if you were just cruising or trying to get to work or class. But if the electric one was about dead. The regular longboard would go faster. Let’s say that we were going down hill with the boards. The regular board can reach up to about 80 miles per hour. And the electric board might just break and you won’t be able to use it. People say that they would rather have a electric longboard instead of a regular
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We all know Abraham Lincoln he is a major idol in history. I chose to do the cumulating activity on Abraham Lincoln and the book is Father Abraham written by Richard Striner. The book contains an in depth analysis about Lincoln the way he managed to stop slavery and how he overcame all the problems he encountered along the way. The book contained quotes from Lincoln’s original speeches‚ with explanations‚ which disclosed many things about Lincoln’s personality and mentality such as‚ PAGE 223 "I
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Managing Global Expansion: A Conceptual Framework. Business Horizons | March 01‚ 2000 | Gupta‚ Anil K.; Govindarajan‚ Vijay | COPYRIGHT 1989 JAI Press‚ Inc. (Hide copyright information)Copyright [pic] There are at least five reasons why the need to become global has ceased to be a discretionary option and become a strategic imperative for virtually any medium-sized to large corporation. 1. The Growth Imperative. Companies have no choice but to persist in a neverending quest for growth if they
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Hydroelectric power: The World’s Established Renewable Energy Resource For over a century‚ hydroelectric power has been used to generate electricity from falling water. The capacity to produce this energy is dependent on both the available flow and the height from which it falls. Hydroelectric dams create height for the water to fall and provide storage. In general‚ the higher the dam‚ the more potential energy is available. Building up behind a high dam‚ water accumulates potential energy. The
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President Abraham Lincoln can be known as a man of liberty and equality‚ though helping Americans gain it was not an easy battle for him‚ he always maintained his word and his beliefs and fought for what he thought was right. Lincoln can be remembered as an outstanding role model in the history books. His intelligence and desire for equality helped him stand apart from the crowd during his time. While majority were afraid to challenge the constitution and end slavery‚ Lincoln took courage and stepped
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Abraham Lincoln Thesis: Abraham Lincoln really is a man that we know so little about how he came to be the president. In the year of 1809 on February 12th‚ a baby boy was born to Thomas and Nancy Hanks Lincoln. This boy was Abraham Lincoln after his grandfather who passed away. He was born in a log cabin in Hardin County‚ Kentucky as where his siblings Sarah and Thomas (who died as an infant). “When first my father settled here it was than the frontier line‚ The Panther’s screams filled the night
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An electric car is powered by an electric motor instead of a gasoline engine. The electric motor gets energy from a controller‚ which regulates the amount of power transmitted throughout the vehicle‚ based on the driver’s use of an accelerator pedal. The electric motors give electric cars instant torque‚ creating a strong and smooth acceleration pattern. Electric cars are about three times more efficient than cars with an internal combustion engine. A pure-battery electric car uses energy stored
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Lincoln and Douglas Debates The Lincoln-Douglas debates of 1858 were a series of seven debates between Abraham Lincoln‚ the republican candidate‚ and the incumbent Senator Stephen Douglas‚ a Democratic Party candidate‚ for a seat in the United States Senate. During the time period of the debates‚ Senators were elected by state legislators; therefore Lincoln and Douglas were competing for their respective parties to win control of the Illinois Legislature. The main issue for the debates was
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Lincoln Reflection Lincoln‚ directed by Steven Spielberg‚ is a historical drama that follows the political aspects of the last four months of the American Civil War and Lincoln’s life as Lincoln strives to gain ratification of the 13th Amendment to the Constitution‚ which would bring an end to slavery and unlawful involuntary servitude in the United States. Spielberg‚ unlike other historical directors‚ has successfully portrayed Abraham Lincoln from several angles; the fatherly Lincoln who cares
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| General Electric | A Business Analysis | | | | | Table of Contents: Abstract | Page 3 | Introduction | Page 4 | Strengths and Weaknesses | Page 5 | Financial Analysis | Page 9 | Environmental Threats | Page 10 | Growth Opportunities | Page 12 | Assessment‚ Prospects‚ and Suggested Future Direction | Page 15 | References | Page 17 | Abstract General Electric is a worldwide manufacturer and supplier of an extremely wide spectrum goods and services
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